Increased aridity across the Permian–Triassic transition in the mid-latitude NE Pangea,Geological Journal

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Increased aridity across the Permian–Triassic transition in the mid-latitude NE Pangea
Geological Journal ( IF 1.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-25 , DOI: 10.1002/gj.4123
Can Cui _{1,

2} , Changqun Cao ₂

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The Dalongkou section in Xinjiang, Northwest China has preserved a continuous terrestrial Late Permian–Early Triassic sequence with well-studied information of biota evolution and isotopic excursion. In order to know the corresponding palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental evolution in this critical transition, chemical weathering indexes (chemical index of alteration [CIA], plagioclase index of alteration [PIA], and chemical index of weathering (CIW)) are analysed in high resolution across the Permian–Triassic Boundary. Results show that the declining trend of the CIA, PIA, and CIW was related to the continuous decrease of the chemical weathering in the latest Permian. The climate in the mid-latitude NE Pangea was becoming increasingly arid in a generally greenhouse warm climate, causing widespread wildfire and turnover of the fauna and biota, coupled with the environmental deterioration expressed by the anomalies of carbon and mercury. Climatic conditions oscillated in the Early Triassic with possible intermittent rainfall and was likely affected by the strengthening of the megamonsoon. In the latest Permian–earliest Triassic, whether chemical weathering strengthened or weakened, as well as whether the climate was increasingly arid or humid, varied in the different places. The possible reasons inducing this need to be further explored.

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